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### Question: What causes cardiac tamponade?
### Response: Cardiac tamponade can occur when fluid or blood rapidly accumulates in pericardial cavity and thereby cause elevated intrapericardial pressure. Below are few of the causes for fluid in pericardium leading to cardiac tamponade.
Chest trauma Rupture of aortic aneurysm (thoracic) End-stage lung cancer Heart attack (acute MI) Heart surgery Pericarditis caused by bacterial or viral infections Wounds to the heart Heart tumors Hypothyroidism Kidney failure Placement of central lines Radiation therapy to the chest Recent invasive heart procedures Recent open heart surgery Systemic lupus erythematosus